Animal rights activists have succeeded in obtaining a ban on horse-drawn carriages in Rome's historic centre following several traffic accidents. The 44 horse-drawn carriages will be confined to parks during the week, under plans drawn up by the city, and allowed in the centre only at weekends. They will be replaced on weekdays by electrically-powered vintage cars. Last year, a horse had to be put down after being hit by a truck and breaking its leg on a street near the Colosseum. Italy's deputy tourism minister said the plight of horses drawing the carriages in polluted and crowded streets had become a scandal, leading to the deaths of several animals among the 90 employed.
Animal rights activists have succeeded in obtaining a ban on horse-drawn carriages in Rome's historic centre following several traffic accidents.
The 44 horse-drawn carriages will be confined to parks during the week, under plans drawn up by the city, and allowed in the centre only at weekends.
They will be replaced on weekdays by electrically-powered vintage cars.
Last year, a horse had to be put down after being hit by a truck and breaking its leg on a street near the Colosseum.
Italy's deputy tourism minister said the plight of horses drawing the carriages in polluted and crowded streets had become a scandal, leading to the deaths of several animals among the 90 employed.
Animal rights idiots are really beyond, well, everything. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
